Warren Township’s library is a branch of Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library, which lends more per resident than 85% of systems its size
Warren Township’s library is the Barnesville Hutton Memorial Public Library, a branch of Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library, which serves 7,839 people and lent 76K items last year.
What Warren Township’s library is like
Ohio pays a big share
61% of the budget comes from the state, and 27% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Programs are almost all for children
88% of the 205 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Warren Township’s library is a branch of Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library, so they cover the whole system (7,839 people), not just the Warren Township branch.
What’s behind Warren Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Warren Township is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns, #15 of 914 in Ohio. Warren Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
43 community nonprofits are registered in Warren Township
7.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
14.6%
14.6% of Warren Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.5% in the typical Ohio town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Warren Township’s residents live; 2022.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
76K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
12,815 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library serves 7,839 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 30 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Barnesville Hutton Memorial Public Library, 308 E Main St., Barnesville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library branch.
New in Warren Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.45 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Warren Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $499K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $499K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 3,543 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | Barnesville Hutton Memorial Public Library fine-free | — | 49 | A+ |
| Goshen Township | Bethesda Branch fine-free | — | 36 | A |
| Millwood Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Somerset Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Kirkwood Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Barnesville Hutton Memorial Public Library is one branch of Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 7,839 people it serves.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Warren Township
Does Warren Township have a public library?
Yes: Barnesville Hutton Memorial Public Library, 308 E Main St., is a branch of Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library, which serves 7,839 people. The branch is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Warren Township’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 9.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Warren Township’s civic life grade?
A+ Warren Township is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns on civic life, #15 of 914 in Ohio. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Warren Township.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.